Through her extensive public and volunteer service, Olga Fuga has made an outstanding contribution to both her Winnipeg and Ukrainian-Canadian communities. She is a former chair of the Winnipeg School Board and served as a City of Winnipeg councillor from 1971 to 1974. In 1981, her lobbying contributed to the opening of Seven Oaks General Hospital. A founding member of its board, and later board chair, her service to the hospital extends to the present day. She also served for 14 years as the executive director of the Central Region of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. In recent years, she received national recognition for raising public awareness of the tragedy of the Holodomor in the Ukraine and spearheaded a committee to film the testimonies of Winnipeg survivors of the Holodomor entitled, May Their Memory Be Eternal. A longtime president of the Manitoba Citizenship Council/International Centre, Mrs. Fuga has given her time to many other organizations including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Winnipeg Economic Development Board and the National Parole Board of Canada. Honoured by the Osvita Foundation, among others, she has been a member of the Order of Canada since 1987.
